Bottle top sealing tool



06L 1957 T T. A. NYBERG 2,811,001

BOTTLE TOP SEALING TOOL Filed Jan. 20, 1956 INVENTOR. 795000485 ,4. 40 5566 United .l' i' tates Patent 2,811,001 BOTTLE TOP SEALING TOOL Theodore A. Nyberg, Auburn, Maine Application January 20, 1956, Serial No. 560,337 1 Claim. (Cl. 53329) The present invention relates to a tool for sealing a bottle top with a mutilated crown cap.

The object of the present invention is to provide a tool for sealing a bottle top after the cap has been removed therefrom to protect a quantity of perishable liquid retained within the bottle.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tool for sealing a bottle top with a mutilated crown cap, one that is of simple structure, sturdy in construction, one economical to manufacture and assemble, and one which has means for crimping a crown cap on the open top of a bottle in airtight and watertight relation without flattening the crimps in the cap.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l, and

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the tool of the present invention is intended for use in sealing a bottle top with a mutilated crown cap. The tool is designated by the reference numeral and consists in a pair of members 11 and 12. Each of the members 11 and 12 is U-shaped in cross-section for most of its length. A jaw 13 is on the end of the member 11 and a jaw 14 is on the end of the member 12. The jaws 13 and 14 are arranged in confronting face to face relation and are connected together by a pivot pin 15 which extends through aligned holes in the member 11 and through aligned holes in the member 12 intermediate the ends of the members 11 and 12, the member 11 being provided with an opening through which the member 12 is inserted. The pivot pin 15 permits the movement of the jaws 13 and 14 toward and away from each other. The confronting face of the jaw 13 is provided with a bowed part 16 and the confronting face of the jaw 14 is likewise provided with a bowed part 17. The bowed part 16 has a groove 18 extending longitudinally therealong and the bowed part 17 has a groove 19 extending longitudinally therealong. The grooves 18 and 19 are in registry with each other and each is of a size sufficient to receive therein a portion of the periphery of a crimped bottle cap, the latter not being shown.

A plurality of beads 20 are arranged in spaced relation and project from the bottom of each of the grooves 18 and 19. Each of the beads 20 is of a size to project between adjacent crimps of a bottle cap to engage the portion of the cap between crimps and to press the portions of the bottle cap tightly about the neck of the bottle without flattening the crimps in the bottle cap.

The end of the member 11 remote from the jaw 13 constitutes a handle 21 and has one side arcuately curved as Patented Oct. 29, 1957 at 22 and the other side straight as at 23. Wedged between the curved side 22 and the straight side 23 is a resilient block of material such as rubber, neoprene, cork, or the like, the block being indicated by the numeral 24. The other end of the member 12 is similarly shaped and constitutes a handle 25 with a similar block 26 disposed between the sides of the handle 25, one of the sides being curved to expose the block 26 as at 27. The free end of the handle 21 is arcuately curved and provided with a ledge 28.

In use, the tool of the present invention may be used to replace a mutilated crown cap upon the open top of a bottle by placing the cap on the open top of a bottle and gripping the cap between the jaws 14 and 15 with the cap received within the grooves 18 and 19 and with the beads 20 positioned between adjacent crimps on each side of the cap. Pressure of the handles 21 and 25 together will serve to move the jaws 13 and 14 together to crimp the bottle cap tightly on the neck of the bottle.

The tool of the present invention may also be used to open a jar lid if desired. When so used, the jar lid is placed between the handles 21 and 25 with the blocks 24 and 26 frictionally engaging the handles and the straight sides of the handles adjacent the blocks 24 and 26 overlying the top of the jar. Pressure applied to the handles 21 and 25 to move them toward each other will cause the blocks 24 and 26 to frictionally engage the jar lid so that it may be twisted from the open top of the jar. The ledge 28 may be used to remove the type of jar lid which is pressed on to the open top of a jar and has its rim adjacent to and spaced from a shoulder projecting outwardly from the upper end of the jar adjacent to the open top. The ledge 28 may be inserted between the rim of the lid and the shoulder on one side of the jar and the handle 25 may be braced against the other side of the jar or with the handle end 29 resting upon the top of the lid opposite to the point of engagement with the ledge 28. The tool may be fulcrumed about its point of contact with the jar or jar lid to raise the ledge 28 and to thereby pry the lid from the jar. The straight side of either of the handles may also be inserted between the jar lid and the shoulder on the jar to pry off the jar lid.

Preferably, the members 11 and 12 may be fabricated of a rigid material such as cold rolled steel, brass, aluminum, or the like. It is thus seen that the tool of the present invention constitutes a handy household tool for rescaling bottles after they have been opened and for removing screw-type can and jaw closures and for removing snap-on types of jar closures.

What is claimed is:

A tool for sealing a bottle top with a mutilated crimped crown cap comprising a pair of jaws arranged in confronting face to face relation and connected together for movement toward and away from each other, the confronting face of each of said jaws having an outwardly bowed part, there being a groove extending longitudinally of each of said bowed parts of said jaws, said grooves being in registry with each other and each being of a size to receive therein a portion of the periphery of a crimped bottle cap, and a plurality of beads arranged in spaced relation and projecting from the bottom of each of said grooves, each of said beads being adapted to engage the portion of said cap between adjacent crimps when said cap peripheral portion is received in said grooves.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,087,565 Anderson Feb. 17, 1914 1,353,719 Buresch Sept. 21, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS 16,858 Great Bri ain of 5 

